Before the night is over (Tribute to Max Payne)
By Melancholic VIncent
Through the window of my appartment
I can see my worn-out face
In the thin glass weak reflection
Sprinkled by raindrops as fat
as bullets
My bleak coat was as black as the night
Stained
with the blood
Of all the women I failed to protect
Mine
blood were filled with the missing scotch
That used to be in that
bottle dripping from the table
Fallen like a chessboard king
Enough to fuel the self-pity of a pathetic fool
In a labyrinth
of questions and dead-end streets
My mind kept playing tricks on
me
I ended up indulging insane thoughts
Of betrayal and conspiracies
About things i am too stupid to comprehend
A smaller table
holds the picture of my dead wife
Along with a flame licking on
a pallid candle
Which caresses her sad angel's face with the
same tenderness
On the drawer hides a pistol loaded with bullets
Pointing at me as if bound to my guilty consciousness
I
pick the cold metal piece in the zeal of an avenging valkyrie
Venturing
myself into the concrete jungle
I could feel the heart beat of
the city beneath my feet
Or it was mine, now pumped with an adrenaline
rush
I was numb for so long, that i forget what meant to be alive
Only the urge to kill had brought me the will to survive another night
I bid farewell to each of my bullets because before the night
is over
They are going to be lodged in the brains of those that
lead to my downfall
I merge into the darkness to find the psychopath
that once was my bestfriend
The last bullet has his name carved
on it and i will deliver it
Before the night is over i can finally
rest with my family
Author's Note:
Tribute to Max Payne. The best dramatic story.Comments on "Before the night is over (Tribute to Max Payne)"
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On Friday, July 20, 2012, AngelicDemonMelisandre
(26) wrote:
I love pretty much anything Wahlberg does so I'm always a little biased...the movie wasn't my absolute favorite but I have a feeling it has everything to do with the fact that I don't know anything about the games...i knew it was a game no doubt...every kind of gamer out there has heard of it...i just don't have a pc at my house so i can't play it. Awesome though.
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On Friday, July 20, 2012, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
Yep, this poem was more based in the games than in the movie, and there's nothing wrong in not knowing them. But it would be good to take a look someday, not so much for playing it, but the story is great. It's mesmerizing
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On Sunday, June 17, 2012, Nehema
(958) wrote:
Love the old school sound, a nice tribute to an awesome character, much enjoyed - XXOO
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On Monday, June 18, 2012, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
I'm glad you know this, it's a fine character indeed
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On Friday, June 15, 2012, Devilish
(2633) wrote:
This made me wanna touch myself in the most beautiful ways.. deliver me a piece of perfection and i will feel it.. if you commented more you would have more reads for your work deserves it .
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On Friday, June 15, 2012, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
I am looking forward to comment other people work, sometimes i get a little lazy, i guess. Thank you for your admiration.
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On Sunday, June 10, 2012, FadedBlues
(2096) wrote:
...noir poetry. desolate hero. following his own path to hell. ordained Cardinal of vengeance...
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On Monday, June 11, 2012, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
Exactly, the box of the game says: The Fall of Max Payne. A story of film noir love. I tried to bring that atmosphere in the poem.
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On Sunday, June 10, 2012, dwells
(4177) wrote:
Sounds like the intro to an old detective movie, Mickey Spillane maybe? Cheers Mel, I've left a few unfinished myself, and never posted (yet) - Cheers!
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On Sunday, June 10, 2012, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
I had finished already, I now it as a video game, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, it's story is hipnotic, see if you like the result
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On Sunday, June 10, 2012, Devilish
(2633) wrote:
Damn it I hate when I get all into something and at the end it says not finished..lol. because this one is off to a start that could get faved.. So i'll be back.
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On Sunday, June 10, 2012, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
Well sorry, i started it but in a few days my imagination were out of gas so i put in there what i had for a future completion. The story of Max Payne is one of the most excelent stories i've ever seen, and it's language as well, it's inspired in Max Payne. Thanks for your contribution
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On Sunday, June 10, 2012, FadedBlues
(2096) wrote:
...it's a great start, very 'graphic novel' dramatic...Wahlberg rocks in the movie!...
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On Sunday, June 10, 2012, Melancholic VIncent
(428) wrote:
Yes indeed Wahlberg made a good Max Payne movie, but the movie came from the game which is the story is more involving, it's mesmerizing, i liked Max Payne 2 and now i'm playing 3. Of course, i don't except most people know deeply computer games. But it was the start of that excelent story